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are the differences of climate between Caraccas 

 and it's port. 





CARACCAS. 



Height. 

 454 toises. 



LA GUAYRA. 



Level of 

 the Sea. 



Mean temperature or the year - 



21° to 22° 



28° 



Mean temp, of the hot season - 



24 



29 



Mean temp, of the cold season - 



19 



23 5 



Maximum - - - - - 



29 



35 





11 



21 



I 



Rains are extremely frequent at Caraccas in 

 the months of April, May, and June. The 

 storms always come from the east and south- 

 east, from the side of Petare and La Valle. 

 No hail fails in the low regions of the tropics ; 

 yet it occurs at Caraccas almost every four or 

 five years. Hail has even been seen in vallies 

 still lower ; and this phenomenon, when it does 

 happen, makes a lively impression on the peo- 

 ple. Falls of aerolites are less rare with us, 

 than hail under the torrid zone, notwithstand. 

 ing the frequency of thunder storms, at three 

 hundred toises of elevation above the level of 

 the sea. 



The cool and delightful climate we have been 

 describing agrees also with the culture of equi- 



